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92_HB0347

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning environmental protection.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust
 5    Fund Act is amended by changing Section 10 as follows:

 6        (415 ILCS 135/10)
 7        Sec. 10. Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund.
 8        (a)  The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund  is
 9    created  as  a    special  fund in the State Treasury. Moneys
10    deposited into the Fund must shall be  used  solely  for  the
11    purposes of the Council and for other purposes as provided in
12    this  Act. The Fund shall include moneys credited to the Fund
13    under this Act  and other moneys that by law may be  credited
14    to  the  Fund. The State Treasurer may invest Funds deposited
15    into the Fund at the  direction  of  the  Council.  Interest,
16    income  from  the investments, and other income earned by the
17    Fund must shall be credited to and deposited into the Fund.
18        Pursuant to appropriation, all moneys in  the  Drycleaner
19    Environmental  Response Trust Fund must shall be disbursed by
20    the  Agency  to  the  Council  for  the  purpose  of   making
21    disbursements,  if  any,  in accordance with this Act and for
22    the purpose of paying the ordinary and contingent expenses of
23    the Council. After June 30, 1999, pursuant to  appropriation,
24    all  moneys  in  the  Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust
25    Fund may be used by the Council for  the  purpose  of  making
26    disbursements,  if  any,  in accordance with this Act and for
27    the purpose of paying the ordinary and contingent expenses of
28    the Council.
29        The Fund may be  divided  into  different  accounts  with
30    different  depositories to fulfill the purposes of the Act as
31    determined by the Council.
 
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 1        Moneys in the Fund at the end  of  a  State  fiscal  year
 2    shall  be  carried  forward to the next fiscal year and shall
 3    not revert to the General Revenue Fund.
 4        (b)  The specific purposes of the Fund  include  but  are
 5    not limited to the following:
 6             (1)  To establish an account to fund remedial action
 7        of   drycleaning     solvent  releases  from  drycleaning
 8        facilities as provided by Section 40.
 9             (2)  To establish an insurance account for  insuring
10        environmental  risks    from  releases  from  drycleaning
11        facilities within this State as provided by Section 45.
12        (c)  The  State,  the General Revenue Fund, and any other
13    Fund of the State, other than  the  Drycleaner  Environmental
14    Response Trust Fund, shall not be liable for a claim or cause
15    of action in connection with a drycleaning facility not owned
16    or  operated  by  the  State  or an agency of the State.  All
17    expenses incurred by the Fund shall be  payable  solely  from
18    the Fund and no liability or obligation shall be imposed upon
19    the  State.  The  State  is  not liable for a claim presented
20    against the Fund.
21        (d)  The liability of the Fund is limited to  the  extent
22    of  coverage  provided  by the account under which a claim is
23    submitted, subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  that
24    coverage.   The  liability  of the Fund is further limited by
25    the moneys made available to the Fund, and no remedy shall be
26    ordered that would  require  the  Fund  to  exceed  its  then
27    current  funding  limitations  to  satisfy  an award or which
28    would restrict the availability of moneys for higher priority
29    sites.
30        (e)  Nothing in this Act shall  be  construed  to  limit,
31    restrict, or affect the authority and powers of the Agency or
32    another  State  agency  or statute unless the State agency or
33    statute is specifically  referenced  and  the  limitation  is
34    clearly set forth in this Act.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-502, eff. 8-19-97; 91-453, eff. 8-6-99.)

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